Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." St. Thomas Aquinas said: "The things we love tell us who we are!" With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!
Below are two albums of pictures that I created:
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2. Tears of Mary!

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Thursday, July 14, 2011

Mary TV Daily Reflection 7/14/2011

An early apparition with Marija, Ivanka, Jakov, and Vicka

July 14, 2011Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha

Dear Family of Mary!

"Do not be afraid. I wish that you would be filled with joy and that joy could be seen on your face. I will protect Father Jozo." (August 17, 1981)

Marija continued to share about the very early days of the apparitions. She shared her memory of Fr. Jozo's arrest, and the effect it had on the village. It must have been a great shock to the visionaries. They had been depending on Fr. Jozo for guidance and stability. But with Our Lady's help the children were able to not only continue in faith, they comforted the whole village. Marija continued:

"This [the evening program of prayer and Holy Mass] became a joyful encounter with the Lord. Imagine after the encounter with Our Lady, with enthusiasm and joy in our hearts that was so great, how during this prayer we had such a thrill in our hearts! But because of this [the evening Mass], after a few days, the police started suspecting Fr. Jozo. And they made the accusation that he was the one who started all of this, that he created all of this. In that way they arrested him and took him to prison.

"The day they arrested him we didn't know about it. And we came to church and they told us, 'We don't know if Fr. Jozo is alive or dead. We don't know where he is. He has just been taken.' And there were so many people - a forest of people - praying and singing together. They wanted to know, 'Where is our priest?' Because in the past on so many occasions many of our priests - even our Cardinal - were taken to prison, and then returned to us dead. Or when they were so wounded and so sick, ready to die, they would throw them out of jail, and tell them, 'Go, you are free,' and then they would die outside the prison, and the police would say, 'No we did not kill him. He died of natural causes.' We were afraid we would never see Fr. Jozo again. When Our Lady appeared we asked her, 'Where is Fr. Jozo? Is he alive?' And Our Lady told us: 'Be calm. Do not be afraid. I am with him.'

"In those days before Fr. Jozo had been arrested and taken away we would pray in the church and we would sing at the moment Our Lady would appear. And singing to Our Lady was especially forbidden, but we would sing it in our hearts. We would sing the song, 'Hail Holy Virgin, Queen of Croats,' because she is the Queen of the Croats. We were so thrilled that we could sing that hymn; that we were able to sing to her as our Queen, Queen of our people. In our hearts so many times, we were even prepared to die.

"And I remember one time when she appeared, we sang a hymn to Our Lady and Fr. Jozo actually sang with us to Our Lady, and he was actually looking right to where Our Lady was. It seemed to us as if he could see Our Lady as well. But he never told us that he could. He would only just smile every time after Our Lady came. When he ended up in prison I remember that one of the Franciscans showed me a shirt that Fr. Jozo was wearing when he was first put in prison. It was exactly that same shirt he wore when he had been arrested. It was all torn apart, in pieces, because they wanted to make him confess that he was the one who started this story about the apparitions. They wanted to force him to make up stories. But he remained in the prison and we were here alone. We no longer had our friend with us, who at the same time was our parish priest and we said, 'What shall we do? All of these people are expecting us to say something to them.' We realized there would be a revolution if we didn't

"The priest decided to take little Jakov who was 10 years old (When he was behind the altar no one could see him!) and he asked Jakov to stand in front of the altar (He was so little.) and to tell the people not to be afraid, that Our Lady was with Fr. Jozo. And Jakov did that. He was so brave doing that! The people started praying even more after that. And they all believed. And they all continued to listen to Our Lady's words. Our Lady continued to guide us. She started giving us messages." (Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti. St. James Church, June 24, 2011)

The graces of Medjugorje were born out of suffering. The visionaries suffered under the great pressure of their witness, constantly being watched and followed by the authorities and hounded by pilgrims. Fr. Jozo suffered in prison for not denying the apparitions and for protecting the children. The village suffered from the flood of visitors to their little hamlet and the political furor that ensued. But that suffering was the birth pangs of an amazing grace for our times. Millions of souls have been converted and saved through Medjugorje. Out of suffering comes great joy!

And so Our Lady told the visionaries not to worry. She was with Fr. Jozo. She was with them. "Do not be afraid. I wish that you would be filled with joy and that joy could be seen on your face. I will protect Father Jozo." And she is with us, protecting us as well. Be filled with joy!

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Mother Mary said at Fatima: "My Immaculate Heart will be your refuge and the sure way which will lead you to God." With that in mind, I will try to post each day something about Our Blessed Lady, items about the Holy Roman Catholic Church, and public domain Catholic books too! I pray you enjoy my ministry!Below is a slide show of pictures that I have collected: Tears of Mary!

Have a look!

Jeremiah 14:17; 15:18

"Let my eyes shed down tears night and day, and let them not cease, because the Virgin daughter of my people is afflicted with an exceedingly grievous evil. / Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed?"

Ubi Petrus, ibi ecclesia, et ubi ecclesia vita eterna

Where Peter is, there is the Church, where the Church is there is Eternal Life

About Me

I'm 80, formally married to Marianne for 52 years, [Marianne passed away to the Lord on August 9th, 2013 after suffering a stroke and two cardiac arrests.] We have 4 children (plus 2 in heaven-stillborn) and nine grandchildren plus 1 Step-grandchild. I'm a Korean War Vet, U.S. Navy; I was a Motorcycle News Courier for U.P.I., and WNEW Chanel 5 TV News, during 60's & 70's; a Lieutenant in the Wycoff Hospital Police in the 90's. I was ordained a Permanent Deacon for the Brooklyn Diocese on April 25, 1987 and served in four parishes before relocating to Florida in 2002. I'm still incardinated for Brooklyn Diocese. There was no parish in my town so we traveled to either Mt. Dora or Eustis for Mass. My oldest son and daughter, John and Anne, lived near us but the rest of the gang are up North in New York and Pennsylvania. We have now relocated to a northern state and my ministry is mostly on the Internet with some blogs and groups. I also assist the pastor at the local Catholic church. I owe my life and conversion/calling to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel de Garabandal, who has brought me to her Son Jesus. I am Their servant and slave! I only want to do the Will of God and glorify the Most Blessed Trinity with my life!

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PSALM 71 SPEAKS TO MY HEART

Forsake Me Not When My Strength Is Spent

In you, O Lord, do I take refuge;let me never be put to shame!In your righteousness deliver me and rescue me;incline your ear to me, and save me!

Be to me a rock of refuge,to which I may continually come;you have given the command to save me,for you are my rock and my fortress.

Rescue me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked,from the grasp of the unjust and cruel man.For you, O Lord, are my hope,my trust, O Lord, from my youth.Upon you I have leaned from before my birth;you are he who took me from my mother's womb.My praise is continually of you.

I have been as a portent to many,but you are my strong refuge.My mouth is filled with your praise,and with your glory all the day.Do not cast me off in the time of old age;forsake me not when my strength is spent.

For my enemies speak concerning me;those who watch for my life consult togetherand say, “God has forsaken him;pursue and seize him,for there is none to deliver him.”

O God, be not far from me;O my God, make haste to help me!May my accusers be put to shame and consumed;with scorn and disgrace may they be coveredwho seek my hurt.

But I will hope continuallyand will praise you yet more and more.My mouth will tell of your righteous acts,of your deeds of salvation all the day,for their number is past my knowledge.

With the mighty deeds of the Lord God I will come;I will remind them of your righteousness, yours alone.

O God, from my youth you have taught me,and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

So even to old age and gray hairs,O God, do not forsake me,until I proclaim your might to another generation,your power to all those to come.Your righteousness, O God,reaches the high heavens.You who have done great things,O God, who is like you?

You who have made me see many troubles and calamitieswill revive me again;from the depths of the earthyou will bring me up again.You will increase my greatnessand comfort me again.

I will also praise you with the harpfor your faithfulness, O my God;I will sing praises to you with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.My lips will shout for joy,when I sing praises to you;my soul also, which you have redeemed.

And my tongue will talk of your righteous help all the day long, for they have been put to shame and disappointedwho sought to do me hurt.

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As you can tell from my postings, I'm in love with Mother Mary, who has taken me under her mantle of protection, has taught and led me to Her Divine Son, Jesus; Who in turn has led me, in the Holy Spirit, to the Eternal Father! Two prayers that I say often tell who I am:Come O Holy Spirit; Come by means of the powerful intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Your well-beloved Spouse.

O Most Holy Trinity, I adore Thee. My God, my God, I love Thee in the Most Blessed Sacrament.